Probing cosmic anisotropy with galaxy clusters and supernovae
Abstract
Using CDM and Pad\'e-(2,1) cosmography, we study directional variations in the Hubble constant, , using galaxy cluster and Type Ia Supernovae (from Pantheon Plus) by the hemisphere decomposition method. Since there is a degeneracy between and absolute magnitude for Supernovae, Cepheid host calibration is usually required to constrain . Hence, in this work in order to complement the Cepheid host calibration in Supernovae, we also use calibrations based on galaxy cluster scaling relations. We find that there is a difference in variations when using galaxy clusters as calibrators compared to Cepheids highlighting that the variations in are robust across different calibration methods. Across all combinations of models and data sets used, we obtain a consistent deviation from isotropy. In nearly all cases, we notice that the maximum aligns with the CMB dipole direction.
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@article{arxiv.2604.04408,
title = {Probing cosmic anisotropy with galaxy clusters and supernovae},
author = {Shubham Barua and Sujit K. Dalui and Shantanu Desai},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.04408},
year = {2026}
}
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18 pages, 9 figures